lankydoug
Husqvarna
Pro Class
I just finished doing a crank and top end on a YZ125 that the PO had put a HotRods crank in. The HotRods crank lasted only 6 months so I wasn't about to buy another one. I sent Vince @ MrCrankshaft the crank on a Thursday and had it back on the following Tuesday. He is an old school machinist and mechanic and like me he refuses to use cheap parts. We got to talking on the phone about bikes, drag cars, trials, and getting more kids in to dirt bikes. I found him to be a really cool guy with a lot of enthusiasm for motorcycles. One thing that I thought I share with my Husky brethren is that his opinion of Husqvarna components and other euro brands was very high. He said materials were top quality, precisely assembled and not compromised by shortcuts such as poor heat treating of parts or only surface hardening parts that should have been completely hardened. This is not always the case with Weisco and HotRod crank kits that might use Chinese components.